STATESBORO - The Georgia Southern football team returns to action this Saturday when it hosts Georgia State for Homecoming at Allen E. Paulson Stadium. Kickoff is set for 6:05 p.m. and will be streamed online through ESPN+. The game will also be available via radio on the Georgia Southern Sports Network. Here's all you need to know about the game:

GAME SPONSOR: Morris Bank

IMPORTANT LINKS
Tickets
Game Day Guide (PDF)
Game Day Stadium Map (PDF)
Parking
Seating Chart (PDF)
Clear Bag Policy

Game 8: Saturday, Oct. 30, 2021 • 6 PM   
Location: Statesboro, Ga. (Allen E. Paulson Stadium; 25,000)

Blue Out

Records:
Georgia State: 3-4, 2-1 SBC
Georgia Southern: 2-5, 1-3 SBC

Broadcast Information
Broadcast: ESPN+ (online)
PBP: Matt Stewart; Analyst: Danny Waugh

Radio: Georgia Southern Sports Network
PBP: Danny Reed (@GSEaglesVoice); Analyst: Terry Harvin (@TerryHarvin); Sidelines: Russ Brown
Radio Affiliaties

GS: GAME NOTES (PDF)

Inside The Series
Overall: Eighth Meeting (GAST leads, 4-3) • 1-2 Home; 2-2 Away
Current Streak: GAST, Won 1
Last Meeting: 2020, GAST won 30-24 - Center Parc Stadium | Atlanta, Ga. 
Of Note:

• Despite their proximity, Georgia Southern and Georgia State have met just seven times before with the Panthers leading series tied 4-3. The Eagles won the first game in the series 69-31 in 2014 in Atlanta, but then the Panthers took the next three games, winning 34-7 in 2015 in Statesboro, 30-24 in 2016 in Atlanta and 21-17 in 2017 in Statesboro. GS won the next two games, 35-14 in 2018 in Atlanta and 38-10 in 2019 in Statesboro before the Panthers won last year 30-24 in Atlanta.
• Former Georgia Southern all-conference defensive back Darius Eubanks is in his first season coaching safeties at Georgia State. Former Georgia Southern cornerbacks coach Corey Peoples is in his second season coaching the cornerbacks at Georgia State.
• Georgia Southern is 30-8 on Homecoming in the modern era after beating Troy last year.
• GS has 73 players on its roster from the state of Georgia.

Countdown to Kickoff

• 10: Running back Logan Wright leads the Eagles with 10 plays of 25 yards or more (8 run, 2 catch). 
• 9: Georgia Southern has nine touchdown runs of 20 yards or more this season, including five of 59 yards or longer. 
• 8: The Eagles have lost on Homecoming just eight times in 38 previous seasons.
• 7: Georgia Southern and Georgia State have met seven previous times on the gridiron with the Panthers leading 4-3. The Eagles won in 2019 and 2020 before the Panthers won last season in Atlanta.
• 6: Kicker Alex Raynor has made his last six field goals over the past three games. He has a long of 44 yards this year, coming against South Alabama in the Eagles' last game.
• 5: Georgia Southern has started the same five offensive lineman for the first seven games this season.
• 4: Tailback Gerald Green (890 yards) needs 110 yards on the ground to become the fourth player on the 2021 roster with 1,000 or more collegiate rushing yards, joining Logan Wright (1,745), J.D. King (1,541) and Tulane transfer Amare Jones (1,097).
• 3: The Eagles are looking to avoid their second three-game losing streak of the season. GS hasn't had two three-game losing streaks since 2016 and just one other time in program history (1996).
• 2: Punter Anthony Beck II is averaging two punts per games downed inside the 20-yard line. The junior has 14 such kicks in seven games and is averaging 44.3 yards per punt this season, the second-best average in the Sun Belt.
• 1: Georgia State has one former Georgia Southern player on its coaching staff in safeties coach Darius Eubanks.

Up Next:
Nov. 6 vs. Coastal Carolina - Statesboro, Ga. - 6 p.m.